This FAQ covers some general items about the new IRC network and associated services. Please have a look here before requesting assistance from the Tech Rats with an issue.

Registering IRC Nicks

IRC Nicknames are registered through the webpage, NOT nickserv, as on normal networks. When you log on to the Fuel Rats website, you are presented with a menu on the left hand side where you can add IRC nicknames.

  1. Log on to the website. Ensure that you have your CMDR(s) claimed
  2. On the left hand menu, you will see the IRC nickname registration box. Register your nicknames there. Include variations, such as YourNick[PC] or YourNick[Dispatch], but also ensure that you have a main nick without any tags.
  3. Log on to IRC. Nickserv will ask you to identify. Use /msg nickserv identify <your password> as normal.
  4. Group the nicks by switching to each of them and then issuing the command /msg nickserv group <main nick> <password>. You must register all nicknames you use on the API to ensure the services associate your nickname correctly with your rat.
  5. Do a /whois of yourself (/whois <your nickname>) and check to make sure you have a .fuelrats.com vhost name. If you do not, and whois still includes the "You are identified for this nick" line, please repeat the procedure above. If it still fails, contact the tech rats.

 

Some clients support identification through SASL, which the Fuel Rats IRC network supports. Set this up with your username and password, and you will automatically identify when connecting.

We also support SSL key fingerprints. If you set your client up with a SSL certificate, connect to the IRC server using the secure port (6697) and issue the command /msg nickserv cert add. Nickserv should report the certificate as added, and you will automatically identify when connecting. You can add multiple SSL certificates to Nickserv.

What servers and ports are on the Fuel Rats Network?

The Fuelrats network currently has two servers, one in the US and one in Europe. They all use the same ports; 6667 for normal, non-encrypted connections, and 6697 for SSL.

The US server is irc.us.fuelrats.com, and the EU server is irc.eu.fuelrats.com. You can also connect to irc.fuelrats.com to be pointed to one of the two in a random, DNS round-robin fashion.

The Fuel Rats also has a Kiwi web clients through which rats can connect if they are out traveling. The client is at http://client.fuelrats.com:7779 (non-SSL) or https://client.fuelrats.com:7778.

Please note that Firefox has a broken SSL implementation that prevents the Kiwi client from working; please use the non-SSL version.

 

What is the significance of the '+' marker in the channels?

The + mark (Normally called 'voice' in IRC terminology) is applied to drilled rats to make it easier for Dispatch to see who is fully drilled and ready for being dispatched on rescues. If you have been drilled, but do not have the + in front of your nick, first check to ensure that you are identified with Nickserv. If you are, and a /whois of yourself says you have a hostmask of recruit.fuelrats.com, please contact the Tech Rats to have this fixed.

All identified rats have a vhost applied to them, in the format <nickname>.*.fuelrats.com. The * may be recruit, rat, techrat, overseer, op or netadmin. This identifies what rats have various roles on the network. Netadmins are techrats with network-wide IRC powers, and are able to help with issues such as not being able to connect, banning problematic users from the network, and soforth. Ops are the janitorial team of the channels, and usually help with maintaining the Mischief environment by removing problematic cats and reminding rats of the Terms of Service and Code of Conduct when necessary.

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